vulnerability

Complexify.
Isn’t that a lovely-sounding word?
Its meaning, to add complexity, is even better. I know you’re thinking, Wait a minute, isn’t it all supposed to be about simplifying? Isn’t that what every single article is about? What…

I should really stop writing about death.
I was going to.
I specifically told an editor, “I’m tired of writing about death. I’m going to write about happy things next time.”
And then I wrote about death.
In fact, I wrote the essay, “Love…

My father-in-law passed away last week. It was expected, but still came a bit sooner than we were ready for. We had just brought in hospice the day before and we were working to get him settled and comfortable. Tuesday just before midnight, my husband,…

I’ve had an emotionally rough week. It started out with my very sick father-in-law in the hospital and ended up with moving both my father-in-law and mother-in-law into the same long term care facility, and my poor husband’s nerves stretched to their…

I barely knew my Great Aunt Clara, my paternal grandfather’s sister. Mostly, I knew that she was old. I’m the youngest, so anyone with “Grand” or “Great” before their name was most likely pretty damn old by the time I came along in…